Heparin Sodium Injection, 5,000 units/mL, 1 mL Vial

Critical CareVital, 99% service targetPrimary vendor Harborline Pharmaceuticals, lead 1 day, ordered every 3 days00641040012

Stock position

On hand
5,387 vial22.9 days of supply
On order
238 vialfirst arrives Mon Sep 14
Forecast rate
235.4 vial/daynext 30 days
Demand over 4 days
1,037 viallead time plus review period
Safety stock
387 vialempirical 99th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
1,424 vialabove
Stockout
Thu Oct 8
Recommended order
noneby Mon Oct 5
Inventory value
$4,848at $0.90 per vial

How the forecast was made

Exponential smoothing9% weekly error, unbiased2% worse than naive

A weighted recent average that learns the weekday pattern and any trend. Recent days count more than old ones.

Report card: the model was fit on history up to Tue Jul 21 and scored on the 56 days after. Weekly totals were off by 9% on average (25% day by day), and it showed no systematic bias. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 9%.

Report card, week by week

Week ofUsedForecastErrorError %
Tue Jul 211,8691,635-23413%
Tue Jul 281,8071,635-17210%
Tue Aug 41,4651,635+17012%
Tue Aug 111,6261,635+91%
Tue Aug 181,3041,635+33125%
Tue Aug 251,8111,635-17610%
Tue Sep 11,5771,635+584%
Tue Sep 81,5891,635+463%
All 8 weeks13,04813,078+300%

Weekly totals in vial. Error is forecast minus what was used, so a positive number means the model ran high. This window was hidden from the model when it was fit.

Demand forecast

last 180 days and the next 30
0258515todayreport card windowThu Mar 19Wed Oct 14
actual forecast, 80% and 95% range what the model said during the report card windowvial/day

The model only knows the usage history. If you know something it does not, a coming surge, a new service line, a product being dropped, adjust the forecast and the stock math follows.

Projected on hand

0safety stock 387runs out Thu Oct 8tomorrowTue Oct 13
Projected on hand, vial: today's stock plus open orders on their expected dates, minus the forecast, day by day.

Lots and expiry

Earliest-expiry-first simulation against the forecast. Waste is what remains in a lot on its expiry date.

LotQuantityExpiresDaysUnit costProjected waste
L000715,387Fri Jun 2627$0.900 vial · $0

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per vialInvoices90-day spendPairing
Harborline Pharmaceuticals00641040012HEPARIN NA 5000 [USP'U]/ML VIAL EAEA of 1$0.8432$14,385NDC exact
Cobalt Rx DistributorsCRX-88202HEPARI 5000[USP'U]/ML SDV 25CTPK of 25$0.8414$6,093reviewed 0.90